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Bakunin Black

@davepettit.bsky.social
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Anarchist and environmentalist. Heavy music lover (and LDR). Born at 325ppm. Gig/wildlife photographer. Loves dragonflies and LFC. He/him. #anarchism #communism 🍉

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why must it always be about planting trees, when they managed just fine for 100s of millions of years before people came along? Just let them seed out. Yes, planting does have a role, but so often the underlying subtext is continued human domination of nature. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Very difficult to argue against this…
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 18/09/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for Sept. 18, 2026 ~ Feedback loop alert! "Water vapour is also part of the climate feedback loop – water vapour is a greenhouse gas and so the atmosphere will warm even further, and then take up even more water vapour." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
El Niño and global heating pushes water vapour in Earth’s atmosphere to record levels in August
Global heating contributes to record, with a warmer atmosphere able to hold more water, scientists say
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's not AI that could kill us all. It's capitalism New column! 👇 zeteo.uk/p/it-could-k...
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
No, this is not a joke. UK Lawyers for Israel are trying to proscribe *Médecins Sans Frontières*. That’d mean they’d be treated as terrorists. On the same legal footing as ISIS. Membership would mean 14 years in prison. This is what we’re dealing with
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 10/09/2026
Handing NHS data to Palantir was always going to be a disaster for public trust. Now, tens of thousands are opting out and medical research is taking the hit. It’s time to scrap the deal. www.theguardian.com/society/2026/se…
theguardian.com
‘Mistrust’ of Palantir may affect NHS research, says health minister
James Frith says patients may be less willing to share data as new figures show a rise in opt-outs
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 09/09/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for Sept. 9, 2026 ~ Pandora's Forest "It would take over 100 years of afforestation and forest management at the current scale, and zero residual CO2 emissions, to bring warming back by 0.1°C." newrepublic.com/article/2151...
newrepublic.com
Carbon Capture Won’t Save Us Anytime Soon
A new U.N. climate report says ​that massive amounts of carbon capture and storage can keep a long-shot climate goal within reach. ​But nobody should be counting on it.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 08/09/2026
Palantir have just signed a new £21m contract – this time with Britain’s grid operator. Who were the other bidders? Well, there weren’t any. The National Energy System Operator said it was too dependent on Palantir already to invite anyone else 🤔 bit.ly/4d3Z1Ku
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Britain’s grid operator gave Palantir contract without inviting rival bids
Neso cited a legal exemption that removes the requirement to consider other suppliers if dependencies leave no alternative
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 30/08/2026
Your 'doom quote' for today: "... human civilization as we know it will collapse and billions could die. And we’re not talking about the far distant future. We are talking about collapse within years, not centuries. For real." www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...
currentaffairs.org
The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World’s Climate
Thinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat...
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The Collapse Chronicle @collapsechronicle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 22/08/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for Aug. 22, 2026 ~ Millions soon homeless. "However, the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol do not recognise people displaced by climate change as refugees. There is no clear definition of a 'climate refugee'." independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
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Climate refugees are not protected under existing international law
No clear definition of a "climate refugee" currently exists in international law.
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Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
My friends, Only one day remains, and just £51 is still needed.❤️ We are so close to the finish line. I truly hope your kindness can help us close this small gap and let our children continue their education with peace.🙏
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‼️Wajid‼️ @wajid83.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
He got more attention than Baroness Mone who fleeced the country for over £100 million in PPE scandal.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Jason Arday has been found dead. The obsessive media focus on this one man - as if it was one of the biggest scandals in history - was disproportionate beyond belief. Push notifications, top headlines, constant investigations. And now he is dead.
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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 13/08/2026
1. THE PURE EVIL OF ANDY BURNHAM “It is really important that we deal today with the situation that we are in right now...The bigger questions obviously will come at the right moment in time".
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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Long form interview on @novaramedia.com - covering a wide range of climate issues: from the science to the politics, the climate leadership prospects of the new PM and the dangerous soft-pedalling by many climate academics/experts & much of the mainstream media. m.youtube.com/watch?v=mBFo...
m.youtube.com
Ex-Oil Engineer Turned Climate Whistleblower: We Face COLLAPSE | Aaron Bastani Meets Kevin Anderson
YouTube video by Novara Media
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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
@ukri.org
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 09/08/2026
Just another record-breaking day in the moronocene, while peak idiocy still lies ahead.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 08/08/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for Aug. 8, 2026 ~ Better red? "Their beloved flim-flam schemes like emissions trading programs and net-zero pledges have arguably done more to keep the planet cooking than far-right climate denialism." redflag.org.au/article/euro...
redflag.org.au
Europe boils and burns: capitalism’s climate hellscape
If you want to know how many lives our rulers are willing to sacrifice to defend the fossil fuel industry, you could start by looking at Europe.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
It's certainly something that needs to be investigated.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 07/08/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for Aug. 7, 2026 ~ The big lie. "Our ability to share knowledge and understand the situation we’re in has become utterly compromised, and deadly. If so many people weren’t dying and going to die, it would almost be impressive." www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...
currentaffairs.org
The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World’s Climate
Thinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat...
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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
BEFORE this summer’s drought the UK had already lost a whole year’s worth of bread this decade, & the government’s own report warns of catastrophic food system failure by 2030. We must support farmers while urgently changing what we eat & how we grow it. OR WE WILL RUN OUT OF FOOD!
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Drought-hit Britain heads for worst cereal harvest in four decades
Britain's cereal harvest is ​on track to be the worst since comparable records began in 1984, ‌according to an analysis published on Wednesday, as crops wither after one of the driest and hottest spri...
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 03/08/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for Aug. 3, 2026 ~ Let them eat beans on toast "Farms across the country were affected by floods over the winter, making planting extremely difficult, and now in many areas they do not have access to water as irrigation is being restricted due to drought."
theguardian.com
Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn
Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continue
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 03/08/2026
Just to be clear, using the most current scientific terminology, global sea-surface temperatures are currently 'bonkers'. Will temperatures make it to 'uncharted territory' by the end of 2027? The Climate Casino is taking the Over.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The UK has had rolling heatwaves. Nearly 3,000 are estimated to have been killed by them - so far. Half of England is in drought. Much of the south has had no significant rainfall for 33 days. And there's no sense of how serious this is - at all!! - from those in power?!
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Pascal Bernaerts @bernaerts.wsocial.eu · 27/07/2026
While the Earth dries out and burns, 153,359 commercial flights were tracked in just 24 hours — a new Flightradar24 record. We want things to change, but we don’t want to change our lifestyles Can anything truly change under those conditions? 🌍✈️🔥 #ClimateChange #Consumption #Aviation #Sustainability
A global flight-tracking map showing thousands of yellow aircraft icons across the world. Air traffic is especially dense over Europe, North America and Asia, while fewer flights appear over the oceans and polar regions.
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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Wales have officially entered drought status. Water leaked in England each day ~2.6 billion litres Water transferred from Wales to England each day ~0.5–0.6 billion litres. And let’s not mention data centres…. UK’s approach to #ClimateChange drought is laughable
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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
@stoatie.bsky.social freq.org.uk/reviews/sunno-troxy-st/ @subpop.bsky.social On record there are over a 100 guitar tracks on each track ..live .. just 2 hooded men, standing in front of a veritable Stonehenge of amps.. straining under the force of the sound. Pix @davepettit.bsky.social #musicreview
freq.org.uk/reviews/sunno-troxy-st/ On record there are over a hundred guitar tracks on each track -- live, where I see them at The Troxy, there are just two hooded men, standing in front of a veritable Stonehenge of amps, all labouring and straining under the force of the sound. Which is where the true music comes from. #doom #musicreview
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John O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Fairly certain that posting an #upskirt pic on Social Media is a criminal offence now. No, doesn't matter if the victim is male or female, #trans or cis. #Rowling is Scum.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This point needs to be made over and again: The main purpose of wealth taxes should not be to raise revenue. That's a small and secondary benefit. The main purpose should be to *reduce the fortunes of the ultrarich*. Why? Because those fortunes present a massive threat to democracy and public life.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is infuriating crap. He says: “There's increasing evidence that war crimes appear to have been committed.” He knows Israel has committed war crimes on an industrial scale. He’s refusing to say so because it would impose legal obligations on him to actually act.
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Andy Burnham apologises for Labour’s stance on Gaza and says it ‘didn’t get it right’
Exclusive: PM-in-waiting says party must ‘do better’ in approach to Middle East and he will put more pressure on Israel
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Could Nigel Farage’s political career be destroyed by a man in a bin? I was Binface-sceptic - now I’ve got the zealotry of the convert. Clacton needs to be flooded with door knockers. If all the people who oppose Farage vote for Count Binface, then he would win.
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Donnachadh McCarthy @donnachadhmc.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The sheer barbaric cruelty of zionist terrorist colonialism in east Palestine is a stain on global community. That our Lab/Tory/Reformtory Parties & billionaire media collude in this is criminal. Pls help end media billionairism. Sign petition: mediasovereignty.org/petition/
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mpwatchsuttoncheam.bsky.social @mpwatchsuttoncheam.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Solutions 2 the problems shown in this film, would make #uk #healthier #happier #cleaner #resilent to shocks. Nation of #wildlife #lovers attend. Just #proper #commonsense Are you going? @suttoncouncil.bsky.social @mpwatch.bsky.social @wallingtoncycles.bsky.social bit.hy/suttonpeb
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This is Keir Starmer's legacy.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/06/2026
The literature on harms to kids from online platforms is complex and nuanced, rife with people citing small, ambiguous studies as iron-clad evidence that kids are being destroyed by the internet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ype6... 1/
Three early 20th C newsies in pageboy caps, surround by hovering, staring robots, flying on jets of flame.
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in its genocide. That’s the findings of a latest UN commission. Remember: if you oppose this abomination, you’re treated as a dangerous, hateful extremist
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Israel’s deliberate targeting of Gaza children part of genocide: UN inquiry
United Nations Commission of Inquiry says Israel's 'deliberate targeting' of Gaza children part of ongoing 'genocide'.
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Bakunin Black @davepettit.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The climate and nature crisis is a global emergency. The UK is coming together to watch the People’s Emergency Briefing and talk about our future. Coming to Sutton's The Sound Lounge 28th July 2026 #climatechange #globalwarming #naturecrisis #sutton #southlondon #surrey Book 4 free bit.ly/suttonpeb
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Bakunin Black @davepettit.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The climate and nature crisis is a global emergency. The UK is coming together to watch the People’s Emergency Briefing and talk about our future. Coming to Sutton's The Sound Lounge 28th July 2026 #climatechange #globalwarming #naturecrisis #sutton #southlondon #surrey Book 4 free bit.ly/suttonpeb
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Winston Churchill starved India. We owe it to the victims not to rewrite history.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
You only see violence when it's white people being killed. A young man in Makerfield speaks the truth.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Absolutely wild how right-wing commentators and politicians are just completely ignoring the attempted pogrom in Belfast. Families with kids rescued from homes set on fire. And these same people who smear peaceful protests against genocide as hate marches say NOTHING
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
This is Sam Fahd Abu Haikal. A 7-month-old Palestinian baby killed by Israel. If this were an Israeli baby or a Western baby, his face would be splashed across front pages. Western leaders would condemn the perpetrator's evil. Here? Silence.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
£384,060 a year. That's how much you spend on average on every single one of the 50,000 Children in Private Care. Nearly £80,000 is profit that goes straight to billionaires. Foster Parents get £10-15,000 a year, and they do a better job. We need to get the billionaires out
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Yesterday Israel murdered this 7 month old baby The IDF ordered them to stop their car. They did, but Israel opened fire and killed their baby anyway. If this was Hamas it would be an antisemitic terror crime on every News station in Europe 24/7. But Israel did it, so silence
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
This is exactly what we have been warning about. But oh no, anyone who objects to the changes is a selfish, privileged nimby, a zealot, a blocker, an elitist. Let's trash the lives of England's poorest communities, and smear anyone who complains. Thanks Keir. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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England’s poorest areas face deepest cuts to green space under planning law changes, report finds
Exclusive: New loopholes for developers will exacerbate extreme disparities across country, charity coalition warns
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Classicist here to inform you all that this is ancient Greek for summoning a cat
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 04/06/2026
To our dismay, the artist and author Marjane Satrapi has passed away. As she wrote, ordinary Americans and Iranians have more in common with each other than we do with either of our governments, which have far too much in common with each other. We honor her memory and oppose the war.

NO WAR WITH IRAN!
The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West.
You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk together
& we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you
& your government is much bigger than the difference
between you & me.
And the difference between me
& my government is much bigger
than the difference
between me & you.
And our governments are very much the same...
—Marjane Satrapi
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